The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of five persons for offences bordering on cybercrime.
The five were convicted after standing trial before the Federal and Kwara State High Courts sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
The convicts include Ayinla Abdulmajid, Yusuf Onimisi, Muhammed Eneye, Abdulbasit Abdulmumeen, and Victor Anibe who were arraigned on separate charges by the anti-graft agency.
Specifically, Ayinla, Yusuf, and Muhammed were prosecuted before Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, while Abdulbasit and Victor were tried before Justices Sulaiman Akanbi and Haleema Saleeman of the Kwara State High Court, respectively.
Ayinla Abdulmajid, alias Micheal Cavezza was accused of fraudulently impersonating one Michael Cavezza through his Google hangout account between March and May, 2025, with the intent to obtain from one Kirsty Reid.
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